Simpson sails south
In this final post in this series, Sir George Simpson sails south from Fort McLoughlin to Fort Nisqually. The day on which he arrived at Fort McLoughlin was October 6,…
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As I cobble together the 1857 chapter of “Headquarters,” I am finding some tiny stories — I might solve them before this blogpost is published, but I suggest that some…
Read moreThomas Lowe, Fall 1845
In Fall, 1845, Thomas Lowe continued to record the many new happenings and visitors to Fort Vancouver. I finished the last post with this this paragraph: “Two other British officers are…
Read moreDairy Fields
In 2019, a female resident of Williams Lake, named Frances, emailed me to ask whether or not I knew anything of Dairy Fields. This is what she said: Do you…
Read moreThomas Lowe at Fort Vancouver
On June 15, 1843, Thomas Lowe arrived at Fort Vancouver, about ninety miles upriver from the mouth of the Columbia, after having served both at the northwest coast post of…
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